7. Art

Below are listed the 59 degrees classified in table 10 in the field of Art as currently conferred by recognized colleges and universities; the number of institutions reporting the use of each of these degrees; and their abbreviation or abbreviations, with the institutional frequencies reported for each. Since some of the institutions did not indicate the abbreviations they use, the sum of the frequencies for abbreviations are often less than the total frequency given.

Listed also (in italics) are 23 degrees not reported as currently conferred and their abbreviations as far as known, but without frequencies of use (indicated by x) except in the case of "spurious” (Spur.) degrees. Included are two "spurious" degrees (see chapter VI); also four honorary (Hon.) degrees (see chapter V), only one of which is in current use. The arrangement is in terms of associate, bachelor, master, doctor, and other degrees. See also Fine Arts, pp. 144-146.

8. Business

The first successful collegiate school of business was the Wharton School of Finance and Commerce at the University of Pennsylvania, founded in 1881. It awarded its first degree, Bachelor of Science, without designation, in 1881; and the Bachelor of Finance in 1884.

Below are listed the 176 degrees classified in table 10 in the field of Business as currently conferred by recognized colleges and universities; the number of institutions reporting the use of each of these degrees; and their abbreviation or abbreviations, with the institutional frequencies reported for each. Since some of the institutions did not indicate the abbreviations they use, the sum of the frequencies for abbreviations are often less than the total frequency given.

Listed also (in italics) are 50 degrees not reported as currently conferred and their abbreviations as far as known, but without frequencies of use (indicated by x) except in the case of "spurious" (Spur.) degrees. Included are three "spurious" degrees (see chapter VI); also 19 honorary (Hon.) degrees (see chapter V), only 11 of which are in current use.

The list is subdivided into two groups as follows: General and Secretarial. In each group the arrangement is in terms of associate, bachelor, master, doctor, and other degrees.